Onishchenko chief physician. Why was Onishchenko removed? Onishchenko's career growth
Onishchenko, Gennady
Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia
Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (since March 2004), Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia (since October 1996). Previously - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation, Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation (1991-1996), Acting Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation (June - August 1996), Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the Ministry of Health USSR (1988-1991), adviser in the Department of Health and Social Security of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR (1987-1988). Honored Doctor Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko was born on October 21, 1950 in the village of Chargyn-Tash, Suzak district, Osh region, Kirghiz SSR, (according to other sources, he was born on November 20 or 21, 1950). Onishchenko is Ukrainian by nationality: his father is Ukrainian, and his mother is Turkmen. After graduating from school, Onishchenko decided, following the example of his mother, a medical worker, to become a doctor,.
Onishchenko entered the sanitary-hygienic faculty of the Donetsk State Medical Institute named after Maxim Gorky,,,. According to some reports, he had relatives in Donetsk. At the institute, Onishchenko went in for sports, became a candidate for the master of sports in weightlifting in light heavyweight - he lifted the bar,. According to some reports, Onishchenko led an exceptionally healthy lifestyle at the institute, practically did not drink alcohol and never smoked. In 1973, Onishchenko graduated from the institute and received the specialty "sanitary doctor". The level of training of those graduates, according to some estimates, was very high - many of Onishchenko's classmates became chief doctors, and Sergey Berezhnov became the chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine.
In 1973, Onishchenko began working as an epidemiologist at the Ministry of Railways of the USSR, at the Yasinovataya linear sanitary and epidemiological station of the Donetsk Railway (ChRW), where he was assigned after graduation. In 1976, he was appointed chief doctor of the transport SES of Krasnoarmeysk Children's Railways. According to some information, having taken a leading position, Onishchenko first of all began to "put things in order", forcing his subordinates to observe subordination and discipline. At the same time, he personally drew up acts and checked objects, came to work earlier than everyone else and left later than everyone else. Onishchenko managed to establish the work of the sanitary and epidemiological station, which the heads of local enterprises began to take seriously. According to some reports, in the late 1970s, Onishchenko was highly appreciated by the commission of the Ministry of Health for identifying a focus of lacto-typhoid fever infection in Donetsk region. During a trip to Moscow to the Improvement Institute, Onishchenko met his future wife, Galina Smirnova.
In March 1982, Onishchenko moved to Moscow, where he became the chief doctor of the Moscow Metro's sanitary and epidemiological station. At the new post, Onishchenko had to solve a number of unusual tasks related to the underground nature of the work: he was responsible for the ventilation of the entire volume of underground premises, for compliance with the requirements for rolling stock, for the working conditions of drivers, the regime of workers who are in direct contact with passengers, and for prevention of infectious diseases.
A year later, in 1983, Onishchenko headed the central sanitary and epidemiological station of the USSR Ministry of Railways,,. In 1986, when the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred, Onishchenko worked in Belarus and Ukraine from May 19 to 30: he personally supervised the evacuation of railway equipment and people, followed the decontamination process of the trains. In addition, according to some reports, on his own initiative, Onishchenko lowered the bar for the permissible level of radiation for the liquidators from 50 to 5 rem, due to which not a single liquidator railway worker died. While working at the Ministry of Railways of the USSR, Onishchenko received the title of "Honorary Railway Worker".
In 1987, Onishchenko took the position of adviser in the department of health and social security of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR,. Nikolai Trubilin, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, invited him to this position.
In 1988, Onishchenko became deputy head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health, Mikhail Narkevich (according to other sources, this was the Main Epidemiological Directorate). According to the head of this department, Onishchenko was distinguished by his increased ability to work: he came to work before everyone else, and was the last to leave; At the same time, Onishchenko practically did not rest on weekends and holidays, he never took a vacation,.
During the first Chechen war, Onishchenko controlled the epidemiological situation in the republic: in 1994, during the cholera epidemic in Chechnya, the authorities of the republic refused the help of Russian doctors, later doctors learned about the threat of anthrax (a shell destroyed the burial of dead cattle) and about the activation of three natural foci of plague. Onishchenko obtained the necessary reagents and equipment, restored the sanitary and epidemiological stations, which temporarily replaced the special brigades of the Stavropol and Rostov anti-plague institutes. Doctors took samples, examined water and soil, conducted vaccination campaigns, fought hepatitis, dysentery, and diphtheria. In the fall of 1995, Onishchenko was abducted by militants on the way from Mozdok, at the entrance to Grozny. According to one version, his life was saved by the fact that he was unarmed, according to another, because of the Ukrainian nationality indicated in the passport. The car, money and documents were taken from Onishchenko and his driver, and they themselves were thrown out on the road at night,. According to some reports, Onishchenko visited Chechnya 7 times from December 1994 to November 1995, according to others, he spent 140 of the 280 first days of the war in the republic.
In June 1996, Onishchenko became acting chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation following Belyaev's dismissal by decree of President Boris Yeltsin. According to one version, Belyaev was fired due to the struggle of the chief state sanitary doctor of Russia with the mafia, which was engaged in the import of low-quality products; on the other hand, because of the use of the possibilities of the state committee for party purposes: Belyaev created the political party "Kedr", which included the heads of departments and regional divisions of the state committee. Onishchenko served as chairman of the State Committee until the liquidation of the department in August 1996. At that time, there was an interdepartmental struggle for the preservation of the committee, its status and degree of independence,. According to some experts, by that time it became clear that sanitary barriers would play a significant role in limiting international trade: for example, in 1995, sanitary doctors seized almost 9 thousand tons of defective imported food, in the first half of specific gravity imports among rejected alcoholic beverages and food amounted to about 20 percent, and a number of presidential decrees and government decrees significantly expanded the powers of the sanitary and epidemiological service in the field of quality control of food and alcohol.
In October 1996, Onishchenko was appointed First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation Tatyana Dmitrieva, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. In his new post, Onishchenko dealt with issues of the environment and nature management, environmental safety, genetic engineering, the state monopoly on the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic beverages. He usually appeared in media reports only with the now traditional annual flu warnings.
In the spring of 1998, Onishchenko retained the posts of Chief State Physician of the Russian Federation and First Deputy of the new Minister of Health, Yuri Shevchenko.
In April 1999, Onishchenko signed a decree banning the manufacture and sale of hygienic alcohol-containing liquids in the form of solutions, emulsions, suspensions and tinctures without medical and biological examination and clinical trials. According to experts, in this way he began the fight against surrogate perfumery and cosmetic products, since the decree concerned various products based on technical alcohol, which, due to their cheapness (this product, unlike alcohol, was not subject to excise duties) was often used by a certain category of the population instead of vodka.
In October 1999, Onishchenko and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Pyotr Latyshev urgently flew to Penza on a special plane with a medical group designed to provide emergency assistance to Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko and Governor of the Penza Region Vasily Bochkarev, who had been in a car accident on the Penza- Kamenki. Matvienko received a closed craniocerebral injury, a concussion and a scalped wound in the frontal region, and torn ligaments. It was Onishchenko who communicated with the media and reported on the condition of Matvienko, who, according to him, was provided with adequate medical care.
At the beginning of the second Chechen campaign, in December 1999, Onishchenko made a trip to Chechnya and Ingushetia, as a result of which he stated that there had been no state healthcare in the region for almost ten years, and since the start of the military operation, only among the forced migrants living in Ingushetia, there were about six thousand diseases were recorded. In January 2000, Onishchenko headed the headquarters formed by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation to recreate the healthcare system and medical care for the population of Chechnya; was in charge of spending budget funds. In June 2000, Onishchenko became a member of the federal anti-terrorist commission,.
In May 2000, on World No Tobacco Day, Onishchenko adopted a resolution to change the regulation of the distribution of tobacco products, which proposed that 25 percent of the front of a pack of cigarettes be allocated to the message about the dangers of smoking, to ban the sale of cigarettes in cultural, medical and sports institutions, and also in places located closer than 100 meters from them, .
Onishchenko became widely known in the media thanks to the so-called "beer case". In October 2000, Onishchenko stated in an interview about the need to uphold sanitary and epidemiological legislation, for which his department must have qualified lawyers and attorneys, and have its own legal services. On December 15, 2000, Onishchenko issued a resolution "On strengthening the state sanitary and epidemiological supervision of brewing products", in which he ordered local sanitary and epidemiological supervision authorities to check all the technical documentation of breweries, turned to the Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy with a proposal to consider the issue of compliance of beer advertising in electronic media with the law "On advertising" and demanded that beer with a strength of over 1.2 degrees be recognized as an alcoholic beverage (later Onishchenko was accused of distributing several versions of the text of this decree).
In early January 2001, Onishchenko held a press conference at which he spoke out against the aggressive advertising of alcoholic beverages in the media, allegedly contributing to the development of teenage "beer alcoholism", and stated that beer advertising, all varieties of beer with a strength of more than 6 degrees, should disappear from television air. will be equated with alcoholic beverages and thus prohibited from being sold to teenagers. According to experts, Onishchenko's decision could cause serious damage to the entire brewing industry, since the share of production of beer with a strength above 6 degrees was about 34 percent. In response, representatives of the largest Russian brewing companies demanded Onishchenko's resignation, accusing Russia's chief sanitary doctor of lobbying the interests of vodka producers. Minister of Health Shevchenko had to intervene in the conflict, saying that issues of advertising and alcohol policy were outside the competence of the sanitary and epidemiological supervision. In March 2001, Onishchenko canceled his decision,. True, later, at first, the brewing companies themselves created the "Russian Brewer's Code of Honor", which contained a number of restrictions on beer advertising, and then the legislators adopted a number of amendments to the law "On Advertising", restricting beer advertising on television and on the radio.
In August 2002, Onishchenko was appointed coordinator from the Russian Federation for the implementation of the program of urgent measures of the CIS member states to counter the HIV / AIDS epidemic: earlier he had repeatedly stated the growing threat of HIV infection.
In 2003, Onishchenko again began to appear frequently in media reports in connection with the threat of SARS, or SARS: specialized courses were opened to combat SARS, a special vaccine was created, it was planned to open special laboratories for diagnosing SARS in 70 subjects of the Russian Federation. As part of the fight against a possible SARS epidemic, he even attended the G8 summit in Evian. At the same time, Onishchenko admitted that the epidemic had bypassed Russia (only one case was recorded - in Blagoveshchensk), the disease itself turned out to be treatable, but the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service was able to equip laboratories for infectious diagnostics with the necessary drugs.
In March 2004, following the dissolution of Mikhail Kasyanov's cabinet and the formation of a new government headed by Mikhail Fradkov, Onishchenko was appointed head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, or Rospotrebnadzor, subordinate to the new Ministry of Health and social development RF led by Mikhail Zurabov. The new service was endowed with the functions of three ministries at once: for control and supervision in the field of sanitary and epidemiological surveillance of the abolished Ministry of Health of Russia, in the field of consumer protection of the abolished Ministry of the Russian Federation for Antimonopoly Policy and Entrepreneurship Support, and in the field of supervision in the consumer market of the Ministry economic development and trade of the Russian Federation. According to Onishchenko, the new service was endowed with both punitive and preventive-organizational functions: in particular, functions for the prevention of infectious diseases, mass food poisoning, somatic diseases associated with the environment, in addition, it was planned to monitor scientific research, an example of which was introduction of a moratorium on cloning.
Onishchenko regained media attention when, beginning in 2004, he began reporting regularly on the impending avian influenza (H5N1) pandemic. In March 2006, Onishchenko became a member of the operational headquarters for coordinating measures to prevent the spread of bird flu in the Russian Federation. According to his calculations, 45-50 million Russians could get sick with this disease (out of 190 registered worldwide in 2006, 107 cases of the disease ended in death). To counter the threat, bird hunting was banned in the spring of 2006. According to Onishchenko, 10 billion rubles will be needed to create a stock of antibiotics to combat complications after the disease.
In the spring of 2006, Onishchenko banned the supply of Georgian and Moldovan wines to Russia, and then Georgian mineral water due to non-compliance with Russian quality standards: pesticides and high iron content were found in the wine, and mineral water did not meet the declared indicators of mineralization, ionic composition and hardness,. Withdrawal of wine and water from sale has begun . According to experts, Rospotrebnadzor has become a political tool, and Onishchenko a political player: Russia, solving foreign policy tasks, has declared a trade war between Georgia and Moldova, the main weapon in which has become the technology of selective law enforcement, when proper control of quality standards can be carried out or not carried out at the request of the Kremlin. According to some reports, this decision dealt a tangible blow to the economies of two small post-Soviet states,. Deliveries of Moldovan wine resumed only in October 2007, after several Moldovan wineries managed to obtain certification in Russia.
Onishchenko was mentioned in the media in connection with the poisoning of 198 people on March 1, 2007, at the "IQ-ball" reception for students organized by the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin. Those who were poisoned were hospitalized in regional hospitals with suspected salmonellosis. Subsequently, in 143 people, this diagnosis was confirmed,,. On March 3, the prosecutor opened a criminal case on the fact of the incident. On March 5, Onishchenko announced the need, due to the special danger of infection, to interview, and if necessary, examine and hospitalize all the students who attended the reception (about one and a half thousand people were invited to Khloponin's ball),. On the same day, Rospotrebnadzor disseminated information that the Keitere company, which supplied products for student receptions, did not have a sanitary and epidemic permit for this.
In December 2008, Onishchenko called for an active fight against tobacco smoking. In particular, he proposed to ban smoking on the streets and in other places, as well as to stop the production and sale of tobacco. Onishchenko opposed the sponsorship of the anti-tobacco campaign by tobacco manufacturers, as suggested by some of the State Duma deputies. Onishchenko also tried to achieve the closure of the factory of OJSC British American Tobacco-Java (BAT-Java) due to non-compliance with environmental standards. Also in his lawsuit, he tried to obtain from BAT-Yava a ban on the name of cigarettes "light" and "super-light", since they mislead the consumer and harm health no less than ordinary cigarettes. However, the court dismissed this claim.
In May 2009, speaking at the XIII World Russian People's Council in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, Onishchenko called for an end to the "alcoholization of the population", a ban on beer advertising and a change in legislation that does not include this drink in the list of alcoholic beverages.
In the spring of 2009, due to the threat of the H1N1 influenza pandemic, also known as swine flu, Onishchenko urged Russian citizens to refuse to travel to Mexico, the United States, Japan, Canada and Spain, where most cases of infection with this type of virus were recorded. In total, by mid-May, more than 11 thousand people had been ill with them, of which 90 died,. On May 21, 2009, Onishchenko said that the H1N1 flu would not enter Russia until the autumn of that year, but the very next day, the first case of H1N1 was detected in an air passenger who arrived in Moscow from the United States by plane. At the end of July 2009, Onishchenko, due to cases of H1N1 infection in the UK, banned the travel of children's groups to this country, and then proposed to completely ban children's groups from traveling outside Russia.
In the summer of 2009, Onishchenko became involved in a scandal that the media called the "milk war" when Rospotrebnadzor banned the supply of Belarusian milk to Russia. Onishchenko explained this by the introduction of a new technical regulation for the preparation of documentation for dairy products, the requirements of which Belarusian producers were not prepared for. Then the press started talking about a trade war between Russia and Belarus: according to experts, the ban on the import of Belarusian milk in Russia should have cost the budget of Belarus one billion dollars,. In response to the actions of the Russian side, Belarus on June 17, 2009 announced the introduction of enhanced customs control on the border with Russia, however, it was canceled on the same day as the parties agreed on a compromise. Belarus was allowed to supply 131 types of dairy products out of 600 prohibited to Russia. After the settlement of the conflict, the media began to discuss the reasons for what happened. According to the statement of Vladimir Putin, then the prime minister of the Russian government, the "milk war" occurred due to the excess of export quotas by 40 percent by the Belarusian side, but according to other sources, its real reason was that Belarus refused to sell Russia 12 their dairies.
In July 2011, the law "On Ensuring the Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare of the Population" was amended, transferring the authority to approve sanitary and epidemiological rules and regulations (SanPiN) from Rospotrebnadzor, headed by Onishchenko, to the Ministry of Health and Social Development. In this regard, representatives of the ministry announced the revision of SanPiN and their intention to cancel those that do not have scientific justification.
At the end of 2011, Onishchenko made claims to large Ukrainian cheese producers regarding the quality of their products, and in February 2012 he banned its import to Russia. The episode, dubbed the "cheese war" or "cheese conflict" in the press, moved to the interstate level: Ukrainian officials called Onishchenko's measures "trade repression" and threatened to turn to the World Trade Association (WTO) to resolve the conflict. The supply problem was resolved in April 2012, when Ukrainian cheese makers agreed to strengthen product quality control in accordance with the comments of the Russian Rospotrebnadzor,,.
In May 2012, Vladimir Putin, who won the March elections, took office as President of Russia. In the same month, the head of state appointed Dmitry Medvedev as head of the cabinet of ministers, and signed a decree according to which the department headed by Onishchenko was removed from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health and Social Development and transferred to direct subordination to the government of the Russian Federation,.
Onishchenko is widely known in medical circles: he has a doctorate in medical sciences and is a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology at the Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy. Onishchenko's Ph.D. thesis was written on the basis of a large outbreak of hepatitis in 1987 in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, and his doctoral dissertation was based on research and analysis of a massive cholera outbreak in Dagestan in 1994. Onishchenko was awarded the honorary titles "Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation" and "Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic". He was awarded the Mechnikov medal "For practical contribution to strengthening the health of the nation" by the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. In addition, in 2002 he became a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology, and in 2005 he was a laureate of the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation. In the same 2005, President Putin awarded Onishchenko the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, for his great contribution to the organization of healthcare, the sanitary and epidemiological service of the Russian Federation and many years of conscientious work.
Since April 6, 2002, Onishchenko has been a full member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS). In March 2011, he was elected to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Onishchenko has dual citizenship: in June 2009, having thanked Onishchenko for organizing the provision of regular humanitarian assistance to South Ossetia, President of the Republic Eduard Kokoity presented him not only with an award - the Order of Honor, but also with a passport of a citizen of South Ossetia,. Later it became known that his registration was issued in the house of an employee of the passport office, the sister of the former vice-speaker of the parliament of the republic Tarzan Kokoev, Salima Kokoeva. “It is an honor for me to register such a person in my place,” she told reporters.
Used materials
Daria Nikolaeva. Rospotrebnadzor leaves the Ministry of Health for the government. - Kommersant, 29.05.2012. - № 95 (4880)
Rospotrebnadzor will be subordinate to the government, not the Ministry of Health. - RIA News, 21.05.2012
The State Duma supported the appointment of Medvedev as Prime Minister of Russia. - RIA News, 08.05.2012
Putin appointed Medvedev prime minister of Russia. - RIA News, 08.05.2012
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The CEC announced the final results of the presidential elections in the Russian Federation. - RIA News, 07.03.2012
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Biography
Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko - Russian statesman, chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation, head of Rospotrebnadzor in 1996-2013, assistant to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev in 2013-2016, deputy of the State Duma from the Tushino district (since October 5, 2016) .
Academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor of Russia and Kyrgyzstan, Member of the Presidium of the All-Russian Public Organization "League of the Health of the Nation" Full State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class
In 1973 he graduated from the sanitary-hygienic faculty of the Donetsk State Medical Institute named after M. Gorky with a degree in hygiene, sanitation and epidemiology. Candidate master of sports in weightlifting.
From 1973 to 1987 he worked in the system of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR, first as an epidemiologist, then in senior positions different levels. In 1982 he became the chief sanitary doctor of the Moscow Metro, in 1983 - the head of the central sanitary and epidemiological station of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR.
In 1988, he was appointed Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health.
Participated in the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
In autumn 1995, during the First Chechen war Onishchenko was abducted by militants on the way from Mozdok at the entrance to Grozny, was held captive by Chechen militants.
In June 2009, Eduard Kokoity presented Gennady Onishchenko with a passport of a citizen of South Ossetia and an award of the republic - the Order of Honor.
Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko is known among the people as the author of catchphrases and expressions on almost all significant events.
From 1993 to 2002, he was a member of the Kedr Constructive and Ecological Movement of Russia, which was transformed in 2002 into the Greens ecological party.
Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation
Since January 11, 1993 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance - Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation.
Since June 1, 1996 - Acting Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation.
From October 25, 1996 - First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation.
He gained fame in 2000 when he demanded to strengthen state control over the production and advertising of beer. In 2003, he spoke a lot in the media about the threat of a SARS (SARS) pandemic, since 2004 he has been actively drawing public attention to the danger associated with the bird flu pandemic.
Head of Rospotrebnadzor
From March 12, 2004 to October 23, 2013 - Head of the newly formed Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
Ban on the supply of wine from Georgia and Moldova, milk from Belarus
In March 2006, Rospotrebnadzor completely banned the import of Georgian and Moldovan wines into Russia, motivating this step by the discrepancy between a significant part of them sanitary standards. The Georgian leadership acknowledged the presence of a large number of fakes on the Georgian wine market and initiated criminal cases against the management of a number of wineries. According to a VTsIOM poll, 71% of the Russian population supported the restrictions imposed by Gennady Onishchenko.
In October 2007, the ban on the import of Moldovan wines was lifted.
On June 6, 2009, Rospotrebnadzor banned the import of almost 500 dairy products from Belarus, and then another 800 - due to the fact that Belarusian producers did not re-register documents in accordance with the requirements of the technical regulations for milk. The Belarusian delegation did not come to the CSTO summit (June 15, 2009) in Moscow, explaining its step by "economic discrimination" from one of the CSTO countries.
GG Onishchenko substantiated the expediency of Rospotrebnadzor's application of the provisions of Article 1065 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, on the basis of which it is possible to file claims with arbitration courts for the prohibition of activities that create a danger of causing harm in the future. The article “Administrative suspension of activities as a form of punishment and prohibition of relevant activities in order to prevent future harm” (Executive Law magazine No. 2, 2008), written by Igor Solomonis, head of the legal service of the Rospotrebnadzor Administration for the city of St. Petersburg, has become a practical guide for Rospotrebnadzor employees.
Proposal to ban the manufacture and sale of tobacco products
In December 2008, Gennady Onishchenko proposed radical new measures to combat smoking. He said that in Russia it is necessary to ban the use, and not only on the street, but also the sale and production of cigarettes, Interfax reports.
Onishchenko explained that such measures should not be introduced immediately, but after a scientifically substantiated transitional period, based on the results of the implementation of a special program. It is in this context that the question of combating smoking in the European Union is now being discussed, he added.
Later, when discussing the ban on the demonstration of the smoking process in audiovisual works and programs intended for children, G. G. Onishchenko, in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, expressed the opinion that negative characters in cartoons and films can smoke, and as examples of such characters named the Wolf from the animated series "Well, you wait!" and James Bond.
Swine flu
In July-August 2009, Onishchenko recommended that the executive authorities of the regions limit the holding of mass events, and the government - to close international communication with countries where swine flu outbreaks are observed. He recommended that the population of the Russian Federation go on vacation to Russian resorts to the detriment of vacations abroad.
2011 initiatives
In the summer of 2011, Rospotrebnadzor issued a ban on the import of vegetables from Egypt, as a hotbed for the development of certain intestinal infections; at the same time, the ban on the import of vegetables from Italy and Hungary, which have passed the appropriate certification procedure, was lifted. In the autumn of the same year, Gennady Onishchenko took the initiative to introduce unannounced inspections at public catering establishments, which, in his opinion, would improve the quality and level of service in public catering establishments.
Conflict with the State Duma on the anti-tobacco law
On October 23, 2012, he spoke about the draft of a new law against smoking, making sharp statements against the State Duma of the Russian Federation, stating in particular:
If our Duma does not accept the law that has been introduced, I, as a citizen, will raise the question of its dissolution. I have the right, as a voter, to say so.
In response to this, members of the Duma faction " United Russia” opposed the head of Rospotrebnadzor. Andrei Makarov, in particular, proposed "to send Mr. Onishchenko for a psychiatric examination." Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin stated that:
I have known Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko for a long time, I have great respect for him, I appreciate his efficiency, dedication and deep professional knowledge, but it is obvious that Gennady Grigoryevich has spaces. I will invite him and give the appropriate explanations.
On the same day that the conflict occurred, an article was published claiming that the Russian blogosphere supports Onishchenko and his position on the tobacco issue. It contains several quotes, from which it follows that statements about the need to send the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation for a “psychiatric examination” were considered offensive by some Internet users.
Attitude towards GMOs
In June 2012, Rospotrebnadzor proposed to start using genetically modified organisms in Russia for growing crops. Gennady Onishchenko signed this proposal, which was later sent to the State Duma and implemented in the form of a draft resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation "On approval of the procedure for state registration of genetically modified organisms intended for release in environment, as well as products obtained using such organisms or containing such organisms.
In 2015, Gennady Onishchenko changed his position on GMOs, putting forward the idea that in Russia, at the level of ministries and departments, it is necessary to create a system for controlling the circulation of GM products and a risk assessment methodology. Most of the media, in particular, Gazeta.ru, described this news in a mocking way.
Conflict with Roshen
In July 2013, the head of Rospotrebnadzor announced a ban on the supply of confectionery products from the Ukrainian company Roshen to Russia. On July 29, Onishchenko said that the department’s suspicions were “justified”, that the Ukrainian company’s confectionery products did not meet the “declared parameters”, and there was also a claim to the “quality and safety” of the product.
On August 16, commenting on rumors of a "trade war" between Russia and Ukraine, Gennady Onishchenko said the following:
Russia has a list of claims against Ukraine in the field of consumer protection, but it is wrong to consider this a trade war.
Lithuanian milk ban
In October 2013, Russia introduced a set of measures to limit the supply of dairy products from Lithuania. This is stated in the official message of Rospotrebnadzor:
… facts testify to the weakening of control in the Republic of Lithuania over the quality and safety of food products and the need to introduce restrictive measures for the import of food products of the Republic of Lithuania into the territory of the Russian Federation. In view of the foregoing, Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the import of milk and dairy products manufactured in the Republic of Lithuania into the territory of the Russian Federation.
Resignation
On October 22, 2013, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Olga Golodets, commenting on the rumors about the resignation of G. G. Onishchenko, said:
Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko has expired his term as head of Rospotrebnadzor, and therefore he is leaving this post. Anna Popova, Deputy Head of Rospotrebnadzor, will be appointed as the new head of the department.
Later that day, Onishchenko refused to confirm his resignation, calling Olga Golodets a "strange character" who "is not one of the decision makers." Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said that Onishchenko "will not leave the system anywhere", saying that he might be offered another post.
The press secretary of the head of the Government of the Russian Federation, Natalya Timakova, made an official statement that Onishchenko had not been dismissed, the order to this effect was not signed by D. A. Medvedev.
On October 23, information appeared that Onishchenko would be dismissed by order of D. A. Medvedev after the return of the prime minister from China. One of the reasons for Onishchenko's resignation, according to one of the government officials, will be the "management problem" of the head of Rospotrebnadzor.
On the evening of October 23, 2013, Gennady Onishchenko was officially dismissed from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor and appointed assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
After resignation
In 2013-2016, assistant to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Immediately after his resignation from the post of Chief State Sanitary Doctor, Gennady Onishchenko made a statement regarding vaccines:
Through bribery, all kinds of unseemly actions ... a number of multinational companies dealt with issues related to testing vaccines on our children ...
On October 24, 2014, he made another statement, urging people to stop drinking alcohol. In a statement, Onishchenko advised men “if they feel bad” to engage in physical activity, and women to listen to music and walk in the fresh air, “but in no case alcohol is self-deception.”
On August 5, 2015, commenting on the expansion of the list of medical products subject to restrictions in public procurement proposed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation (which dealt, in particular, with a possible restriction on the purchase of foreign condoms), Gennady Onishchenko said that "rubber products" have nothing to do with the health of citizens, and this restriction will force the Russians to be "more disciplined, more strict and choosy in choosing a partner." Also, the former chief sanitary doctor said that Russian manufacturers will be able to compete with Western ones in respect of products, the purchase of which is planned to be restricted. The statement about condoms caused a mixed reaction: on the one hand, Academician Vadim Pokrovsky, head of the Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, agreed with Onishchenko, who said that there was no connection between the spread of HIV infection and the restrictions of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, but on the other hand, for example , MD Pavel Krotin "chuckled" at the statement of a colleague, noting that the deterioration in the quality of condoms will lead to the spread of unwanted pregnancies and STDs.
On May 22, 2016, following the results of the primaries of United Russia, he took first place in the fight for the seat of a candidate for the State Duma from this party in the Tushino single-mandate constituency No. 206 in Moscow. Two days later, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lifted Onishchenko's reprimand imposed in February "for violating the requirements of Article 18 of the federal law on the state civil service of the Russian Federation." When submitting the declaration, the candidate did not declare a plot and a residential building in the Moscow region. Since autumn 2016 - Deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation, member of the Committee on Education and Science.
In February 2017, Onishchenko, in an interview with the Russia 24 TV channel, stated that he considered it expedient to humanely euthanize unclaimed stray dogs kept in municipal shelters, and also that he considered it unacceptable to find such animals on the streets of cities, since they pose a threat to both sanitary standards and the safety of citizens. This statement was condemned by the Russian animal protection community, which defends the rights of stray dogs and advocates for their freedom and inviolability, however, some animal rights activists supported Onishchenko, emphasizing that such methods of treating stray animals are practiced in all developed countries of the world.
Criticism
After the introduction of a ban on the supply of a number of Georgian and Moldovan goods to Russia, representatives of these countries and market participants accused the department headed by Onishchenko and him personally of being politically biased. A number of Russian journalists expressed the opinion that the ban on the import of products from Georgia and Moldova, introduced by Onishchenko, was not dictated by sanitary, but rather by foreign policy reasons.
Personal life
Married, has two sons and a daughter. He stated that he categorically does not drink alcohol, and claims that he has not been sick for several decades. In 2017, Onishchenko said that a dog taken from a shelter lives with him at home.
Born November 20, 1950 in the village. Chargyn-Tash, Suzak district, Osh region, Kirghiz SSR (now the Kyrgyz Republic). Father by nationality - Ukrainian, mother - Turkmen, was a medical worker.
In 1973 he graduated from the sanitary and hygienic faculty of the Donetsk State Medical Institute. Gorky (now Donetsk National Medical University) with a degree in public health.
Doctor of Medical Sciences (Ph.D. thesis was written on the materials of a large outbreak of hepatitis in 1987 in the Osh region of Kyrgyzstan, the doctoral thesis was based on research and analysis of a massive outbreak of cholera in Dagestan in 1994).
He began his career in 1973 in the system of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR (MPS USSR) as an epidemiologist, then he was the chief doctor of the linear sanitary and epidemiological station (SES) of the Yasinovataya Donetsk railway. In 1976, he was appointed chief doctor of the transport SES st. Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk railway.
In 1982-1983 - Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Moscow Metro named after V.I. Lenin.
In 1983-1987. - Head of the Central Sanitary and Epidemiological Station of the Ministry of Railways of the USSR. In 1986, he personally took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (he carried out the decontamination of railway equipment).
In 1987-1988 - Advisor in the Department of Health and Social Security of the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR.
In 1988-1991 - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the USSR Ministry of Health.
From December 28, 1991 to January 11, 1993, he served as Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance under the President of the RSFSR - Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the RSFSR.
From January 11, 1993 to October 25, 1996 - Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation - Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. The post of head of the State Committee in 1991-1996 was held by Evgeny Belyaev. From June 1 to October 25, 1996, he temporarily acted as chairman of the State Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance of the Russian Federation.
From October 25, 1996 to March 12, 2004 - First Deputy Minister of Health of the Russian Federation - Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. He dealt with issues of the environment and nature management, environmental safety, genetic engineering activities, the state monopoly on the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic products.
In January 2000, he headed the headquarters formed by the Russian Ministry of Health to recreate the healthcare system and medical care for the population of Chechnya; supervised the spending of public funds. In June of the same year, he became a member of the Federal Anti-Terrorism Commission. In August 2002, Onishchenko was appointed coordinator from the Russian Federation for the implementation of the program of urgent measures of the CIS member states to combat the HIV / AIDS epidemic.
From March 12, 2004 to October 23, 2013 - Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor), Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation. He became known thanks to the department's initiatives to ban the import of foreign food products, tighten restrictive measures in the field of the sale of alcohol and tobacco, etc.
On October 23, 2013, after his resignation from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor, he was appointed assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev. He held the position until October 6, 2016, left it in connection with his election to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
On February 26, 2016, the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded Gennady Onishchenko for violating the law on the state civil service in terms of the requirement for official behavior of a civil servant. On May 21 of the same year, the head of government removed the disciplinary sanction from Onishchenko.
On September 18, 2016, he was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation from the United Russia party in the Tushino single-mandate constituency No. 206 (Moscow). He scored 25.20%, ahead of Yabloko candidate Dmitry Gudkov (19.74%). Since October 5, 2016 - First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Education and Science. Member of the United Russia faction.
The total amount of declared income for 2016 amounted to 8 million 648 thousand rubles, spouses - 186 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2017 amounted to 7 million 147 thousand rubles, spouses - 199 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2018 amounted to 7 million 323 thousand rubles, spouses - 218 thousand rubles.
Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation of the 1st class (1999).
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2005), the Order of Honor (2010), the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, I degree (2006). He also has the South Ossetian Order of Honor (2008).
Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation (1998). Honored Doctor of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2002 in the field of science and technology (for the development and introduction into medical practice of new means of specific prevention, diagnosis and treatment of anthrax), the Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2005 in the field of science and technology (for scientific substantiation, development and implementation of a system to protect the population of Russia from new biological threats).
Married. Wife - Galina Anatolyevna (maiden name - Smirnova), doctor. Has three children. Sons Grigory (born 1984) and Vsevolod (born 1985) work as dentists, daughter Maria (born 1987) is a clinical intern.
In his student years he was engaged in weightlifting, a candidate for master of sports in light heavyweight.
Russian Federation- Head of Rospotrebnadzor
Acting State Councilor
RF 1st class
Gennady Grigorievich Onishchenko(born November 20, Changyr-Tash village (Kyrgyz.)Russian, Suzak district, Osh region, Kyrgyz SSR, USSR) - Russian politician. Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Education and Science since October 5, 2016, member of the State Duma Commission on Legal Support for the Development of Organizations of the Military Industrial Complex of the Russian Federation. Member of the United Russia faction.
Biography
Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko is known among the people as the author of catchphrases and expressions on almost all significant events.
Chief Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation
Head of Rospotrebnadzor
Ban on the supply of wine from Georgia and Moldova, milk from Belarus
Later, when discussing the ban on demonstrating the process of smoking in audiovisual works and programs intended for children, G. G. Onishchenko, in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station, expressed the opinion that negative characters in cartoons and films can smoke, and as examples of such characters called the Wolf from the animated series “Well, you wait! and James Bond.
Swine flu
2011 initiatives
In the summer of 2011, Rospotrebnadzor issued a ban on the import of vegetables from Egypt, as a hotbed for the development of some intestinal infections; at the same time, the ban on the import of vegetables from Italy and Hungary, which had passed the appropriate certification procedure, was lifted. In the autumn of the same year, Gennady Onishchenko took the initiative to introduce unannounced inspections at public catering establishments, which, in his opinion, would improve the quality and level of service in public catering establishments.
Conflict with the State Duma on the anti-tobacco law
In response, members of the Duma faction "United Russia" opposed the head of Rospotrebnadzor. Andrei Makarov, in particular, proposed "to send Mr. Onishchenko for a psychiatric examination." Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin stated that:
I have known Gennady Grigoryevich Onishchenko for a long time, I have great respect for him, I appreciate his efficiency, dedication and deep professional knowledge, but it is obvious that Gennady Grigoryevich has spaces. I will invite him and give the appropriate explanations.
On the same day that the conflict occurred, an article was published claiming that the Russian blogosphere supports Onishchenko and his position on the tobacco issue. It contains several quotes, from which it follows that statements about the need to send the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation for a “psychiatric examination” were considered offensive by some Internet users.
Attitude towards GMOs
In 2010, Gennady Onishchenko called biotechnology and genetically modified products a boon for Russia. In June 2012, Rospotrebnadzor proposed to start using genetically modified organisms in Russia for growing crops. Gennady Onishchenko signed this proposal, which was later sent to the State Duma and implemented in the form of a draft resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation “On approval of the procedure for state registration of genetically modified organisms intended for release into the environment, as well as products obtained using such organisms or containing such organisms.
In 2015, Gennady Onishchenko changed his position on GMOs, putting forward the idea that in Russia, at the level of ministries and departments, it is necessary to create a system for controlling the circulation of GM products and a risk assessment methodology. Most of the media, in particular, Gazeta.ru, described this news in a derisive way.
Conflict with Roshen
Lithuanian milk ban
In October 2013, Russia introduced a set of measures to limit the supply of dairy products from Lithuania. This is stated in the official message of Rospotrebnadzor:
… facts testify to the weakening of control in the Republic of Lithuania over the quality and safety of food products and the need to introduce restrictive measures for the import of food products of the Republic of Lithuania into the territory of the Russian Federation. Given the above, Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the import of milk and dairy products manufactured in the Republic of Lithuania into the territory of the Russian Federation. .
Resignation
Later that day, Onishchenko refused to confirm his resignation, calling Olga Golodets a "strange character" who "is not one of the decision makers." Russian Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova said that Onishchenko "will not leave the system anywhere", saying that he might be offered another post.
The press secretary of the head of the Government of the Russian Federation, Natalya Timakova, made an official statement that Onishchenko had not been dismissed, the order to this effect was not signed by D. A. Medvedev.
On the evening of October 23, 2013, Gennady Onishchenko was officially dismissed from the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor and appointed assistant to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
After resignation
In 2013-2016, assistant to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
since October 5, 2016 - deputy of the State Duma of the 7th convocation, first deputy chairman of the committee on education and science
In February 2017, Onishchenko, in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel, stated that he considers it expedient to humanely euthanize unclaimed stray dogs kept in municipal shelters, and also that he considers it unacceptable to find such animals on the streets of cities, since they pose a threat to both sanitary standards and the safety of citizens. This statement was condemned by the Russian animal protection community, which defends the rights of stray dogs and advocates for their freedom and inviolability, however, some animal rights activists supported Onishchenko, emphasizing that such methods of treating stray animals are practiced in all developed countries of the world.
In July 2017, he proposed to ban the use and sale of spinners.
On April 13, 2018, he became one of the initiators of the bill No. 441399-7 “On measures to influence (counter) unfriendly actions of the United States of America and (or) other foreign states”, in paragraph 15 of the second article of which it is proposed to introduce a ban or restriction on imports into the territory of the Russian Federation drugs manufactured in the US or other foreign countries. The bill was criticized by a number of public organizations, the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy and the State Duma Committee on International Affairs.
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Legislative activity
From 2016 to 2019, during the exercise of the powers of a deputy of the State Duma of the VII convocation, he co-authored 15 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.
Criticism
After the introduction of a ban on the supply of a number of Georgian and Moldovan goods to Russia, representatives of these countries and market participants accused the department headed by Onishchenko and him personally of being politically biased. A number of Russian journalists expressed the opinion that the ban on the import of products from Georgia and Moldova, introduced by Onishchenko, was not dictated by sanitary, but rather by foreign policy reasons.
Personal life
Married, has three sons and a daughter [ ] . He stated that he categorically does not drink alcohol. In 2017, Onishchenko said that a dog taken from a shelter lives with him at home.
Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Honored Doctor. Much is written and said about him. His work as head of Rospotrebnadzor is assessed differently by the people. Some consider Onishchenko an example for other statesmen and a fighter for the health of the nation.Others are called the instigator of unpopular trade wars, following certain government instructions during Russia's tense relations with other countries. Whatever goals Gennady Grigoryevich pursued, he managed to prove the case to the Ukrainian, Georgian and Belarusian governments. All claims to the products supplied by these countries were made after numerous analyzes. It is difficult for an ignorant person to judge the correctness of his actions. But no one doubts that he is a good specialist who helped the country, and just an educated and literate person.
12 exploits of Gennady Onishchenko
But before you succeed in life, professional and political activity Gennady Grigorievich studied and worked a lot.
Childhood and family of Gennady Onishchenko
On October 21, 1950, a boy, Gena, was born into the family of a Ukrainian and a Turkmen woman in the small village of Chargyn-Tash in Kyrgyzstan. The future sanitary doctor of Russia spent his childhood, like all his peers. Gennady Grigorievich's mother was a medical worker, and he decided to follow in her footsteps.Career Gennady Onishchenko
In 1967, Gennady Onishchenko became a student at the Donetsk Medical Institute. Her career began in 1973 as a sanitary doctor of the Yasinovatskaya sanitary and epidemic station. For three years of work, Onishchenko managed to show himself as a competent specialist with good organizational skills. In 1976, he was appointed chief physician of the sanitary and epidemiological station in the city of Krasnoarmeysk.Gennady Grigorievich worked a lot, studied at the Institute for the Improvement of Doctors.
Onishchenko's successful career was influenced by diligence and the desire to restore order everywhere. His work was worthily appreciated after the discovery of a focus of typhoid fever in the Donetsk region.
In 1983, a young epidemiologist was invited to take the position of chief physician of the SES of the Moscow Metro.
In a difficult period for the country, during the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Gennady Grigoryevich was engaged in the decontamination of railway equipment.
His colleagues say that he lowered the allowable level of radiation for those working in the explosion zone and in this way saved the lives of many liquidators of the railroad.
In 1988, Onishchenko was transferred to the Main Directorate of Quarantine Infections of the Ministry of Health to the post of deputy head. In the early nineties, he became the Deputy Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Russia.
Visiting Gennady Onishchenko. While everyone is at home
Gennady Grigoryevich, occupying high positions, first of all remembered that he was a doctor. When a cholera epidemic began in Chechnya and there was a threat of anthrax infection, Onishchenko delivered medicines and equipment to the republic, conducted soil research. He had to deal with militants.
Boris Yeltsin in 1996 appointed Onishchenko the chief state sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation. Compatriots annually saw him on TV screens with warnings about the flu epidemic. And only a few people know how many tons of defective alcohol and food products were seized thanks to his activities. At this time, Gennady Onishchenko made a number of decisions that caused various judgments about his activities. This is a ban on the sale of hygienic liquids containing technical alcohol. Due to the low price, the drugs were used as alcoholic beverages. Onishchenko banned the sale of cigarettes in cultural institutions. He proposed to consider the issue of banning advertising of beer and alcoholic beverages in the media.
He actively participated in the reconstruction of the health care system in Chechnya, coordinated the program to combat the AIDS epidemic. He staffed laboratories for infectious diagnostics with preparations for the detection of atypical pneumonia.
Onishchenko's work at Rospotrebnadzor
But the activity of Gennady Grigoryevich as the head of Rospotrebnadzor caused the most ambiguous opinions. On the one hand, these are unreasonable, according to some experts, bans on the import of Georgian wine and mineral water, Ukrainian sweets and Belarusian cheeses into the country. On the other hand, there is a stock of antibiotics created and measures to prevent the spread of the H5N1 virus.On October 23, 2013, he resigned and was appointed to the post of Assistant to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Onishchenko continues to struggle with alcohol and smoking. And more than once in the media made statements about this. Demands to close sites that cause harm mental health teenagers. Thanks to him, the sale of energy drinks in youth recreation areas is prohibited.
Gennady Onishchenko about vaccinations
Onishchenko Gennady Grigorievich has many awards. The Order of Honor, received for measures to protect the life and health of the inhabitants of South Ossetia, is especially valuable for him.
Received the "Person of the Year-2013" award for the measures taken to protect the health of Russian citizens.
Personal life of Gennady Onishchenko
During advanced training at the Institute for the Improvement of Doctors, he met his future wife Smirnova Galina Anatolyevna. Gennady Grigorievich is the father of three children and a happy grandfather. Two of his sons are dentists. The youngest daughter Maria works as a clinical intern.Onishchenko's hobbies
In his youth he was involved in weightlifting. In his student years he became a candidate for master of sports.How a believer adheres to a healthy lifestyle, observes Orthodox traditions. First of all, he cares about people. When Onishchenko was kidnapped by militants in Chechnya, he asked to take pity and let the driver of the car go. Colleagues speak of him as a demanding leader. He devotes a lot of time to work and demands this from his subordinates.
